Why visit Eket
Townapedia lists 1 park or trail and 2 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Heritage Polytechnic and Ibeno Beach.
Weather in Eket
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About Eket
Eket is a city and one of the 31 local government areas in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The name Eket or Ekid also refers to the indigenous people of the two Local Government Areas of Eket and Esit Eket who are a stock of the Ibibio people of the southern part of Ibibioland and to their dialect which is Ekid. The Eket people use the endonym Ekid for themselves and their language, but Europeans spell and pronounce the name as "Eket". The Eket in Ibibioland has no relationship with Eket in Sweden.
From the Wikipedia article Eket (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Travel tips from other travellers: Eket on Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Things to do2
Heritage Polytechnic
School · 5.9 km
Privately owned polytechnic institute school in Nigeria
Ibeno Beach
Beach · 14.3 km
A tourist center in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.
Parks, trails and playgrounds1
Churches and places of worship2
Salvation Ministries Eket HQ
Church · Pentecostal · 0.6 km
13 Gracebill Road, Eket
Deeper Life Bible Church Akwa-Ibom South Campground
Church · Deeper Christian Life Ministry · 6.6 km
KM 4 Off Eket-Oron Road, Eket
History
Eket people belong to the Ibibio ethnic group of Akwa Ibom State who are said to be "the stock natives from whom most of the small tribes in the Qua Iboe and Calabar have sprung". Prof M.D.W. Jeffreys thought that the Phoenicians and Hanno, a Carthaginian explorer, both of whom sailed past the West African coast about 600 BC and 450 BC, respectively, must have met the Ibibios on the coast. The Ekid, an Ibibio people, have lived on the Atlantic coast from time immemorial. Jeffreys' thesis takes on more significance given that reference to Hanno's sea voyage down the coast of West African in the 5th century is referenced under the entry "Hanno: Carthaginian explorer" in the World History Encyclopaedia which also mentions other notable ancient historians who have written about Hanno's sea journeys, e.g. the Ancient Roman historian Justin, the Greek historian Herodotus, the Roman, Pliny the Elder, etc.
From the History section of Eket on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of Eket
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Getting there and nearby towns
Victor Attah International Airport (QUO) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 32 km away.
- Etinan 24 km north, about 24 min by car
- Esuk Oron 41 km northeast, about 41 min by car
- Abak 41 km north, about 41 min by car
- Uyo 45 km north, about 45 min by car
- Calabar 57 km northeast, about 57 min by car
- Akankpa 61 km northeast, about 1 h by car
- Itu 63 km north, about 1 h by car
- Bori 62 km west, about 1 h by car
- Ikot Ekpene 64 km north, about 1 h by car
- Aba 81 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
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Sources and licences
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- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Eket Post Office, Akwa Ibom, Teshaisha, CC BY-SA 4.0
- The swamps of Eket, UtibeEnoch0, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sculpture of Brig. General Udoakaha Jacob Esuene 01, Albertoblaq, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sculpture of Brig. General Udoakaha Jacob Esuene 02, Albertoblaq, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Freshly made egusi soup, Honeydear, CC BY-SA 4.0
- ISS057-E-72618 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS057-E-72620 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS057-E-72619 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS057-E-72621 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS057-E-72622 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- EnoUmohPicture AwaJunctionAkwaIbom, Eno Umoh, CC BY-SA 4.0
- ISS030-E-24255 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- Mangrove swamp surrounded by Nypa palms, GodswillSE, CC BY 4.0
- Seasonal river water expansion into dry land without embankment, Okoroutip community, Ibeno, GodswillSE, CC BY 4.0
- Awa Iman Post Office, Akwa Ibom, Teshaisha, CC BY-SA 4.0
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